Kimmel seeks Democratic endorsement in bid for re-election to at-large council seat

By ROBERT KOCHHour Staff Writer

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11:45 am EDT, Friday, June 26, 2015

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NORWALK -- Councilman Bruce I. Kimmel on Friday made official his intent to seek re-election as a Democrat to his at-large seat on the 15-member legislative body.

"It would be an honor to run for re-election to the Norwalk Common Council as an at-large candidate on the 2015 Democratic ticket," wrote Kimmel in an email to fellow Democrats on Friday afternoon. "I look forward to working with Mayor Harry Rilling for another two years. I would appreciate your support at our upcoming nominating convention."

Norwalk Democratic Town Committee members will choose their candidates July 23.

Kimmel announced in March that he would run as a Democrat this fall but caucus with council Republicans until the November election. He reiterated his reasons to The Hour on Friday.

"The fact that I caucus with Republicans, I think, is essentially irrelevant. I am a member of the only functioning caucus on the council," Kimmel said.

Division currently exists among some members of the council's Democratic caucus.

Kimmel is a retired New York City public school teacher who currently works as an adjunct professor at Norwalk Community College.

He served on the Norwalk Board of Education from 2005 until 2009, and on the Common Council from 1997 until 2005 and again from 2009 until present. He was council president from 2003 until 2004 and currently chairs the council's Finance/Claims Committee.